At dusk that day, Yu Qin was finally taken away by the officers and soldiers. Before leaving, the captor gave Xu Huaigu a meaningful look, not sure whether it was pity or ridicule.
The night wind blows through the shallow puddles that reflect the moonlight, causing ripples. It blows through the lush weeds in the yard, blows through the years of dust on the roof beams, and blows the dust into people's hearts.
Xu Huaigu sat alone in the small pavilion, looking at the water of the pond, his expression neither sad nor happy.
Buddhism says that great compassion has no tears, so that should be it.
His mind was occupied by many things, all of which happened after he and Yu Qin met.
We agreed to watch the most beautiful fireworks in the world together, and we agreed to depend on each other from now on, but it all ended today.
There was no grief or regret. Xu Huaigu's heart was so full that it could no longer tolerate any emotion, only the numbness of despair.
The rain came down as fast as it could, and the wind got stronger. The heavy raindrops hit his cheeks wantonly, giving him a stinging feeling, but Xu Huaigu didn't move at all.
He remembered that night with flickering candles. He endured the pain and blew out the candle that Yu Qin had forgotten to blow out. Then the next morning, he saw Yu Qin's smiling face. Perhaps from that moment on, he himself It’s just a bit sinking.
But what's the use of remembering this now? It's too late, it's too late.
The tears came so suddenly, Xu Huaigu buried his head helplessly between his arms, squatted down, and let the rain and tears mix together.
This man, who a few hours ago was fighting a life-and-death fight with a martial artist two levels higher than himself, was crying so weakly at this moment.
He huddled in a corner of the pavilion and began to sob.
He couldn't forgive himself. If something happened to Yu Qin in Xingqing, he swore that he would be buried with Dayu's imperial court! Even if we can’t do it now, we will definitely do it in the future!
Xu Huaigu always practices what he preaches.
Yiyun stood in the pouring rain, looking at the small pavilion from a distance with sad eyes.
Her eyes were pitch black and she couldn't see anything, but she didn't need to see it.
She understood Xu Huaigu's mood, which was the grief of the moment when a close relative left her forever. How could anyone who had not experienced it personally know?
Huang Shan came over carrying a green folding umbrella and a bottle of wine.
He walked to Yiyun and opened the umbrella to protect Yiyun from the rain.
He also looked in that direction and said: "This world is too cold to allow people to be emotional. If you are emotional, you will get hurt."
Yiyun glanced at him with resentment and replied: "But if you don't show emotion, I'm afraid it will be even colder, right?"
Huang Shan shook his head: "Everyone has different understandings, so there is no need to argue."
He put the green folding umbrella into Yiyun's hand and said, "Take it, I'll go see him."
He held the jug of wine in one hand and walked into the heavy rain regardless of Yiyun's opinion. The heavy rain poured down and his clothes were soaked almost instantly, but he had no time to care and walked to the small pavilion.
In the corner of the pavilion huddled a man with soaked clothes.
Huang Shan put the wine on the table in the pavilion and said in a calm tone: "Xu Huaigu, do you want to drink? This is the best Xianjia wine. Usually I am reluctant to drink it. Let's take a sip."
After a while, a reply came: "Drinking, can you really forget everything?"
Huang Shan sighed and said, "Okay, just drink tonight. When the sky is dark and the earth is dark, you will feel much better."
After a pause, he added: "Every martial arts swordsman comes here like this."
Xu Huaigu smiled bitterly: "No wonder there are all swordsmen in the world who are addicted to alcohol. It turns out that they all have someone they can't get."
But Xu Huaigu still huddled in the corner and did not get up.
Huang Shan picked up the wine pot, took a sip, and tasted it carefully. Suddenly, the whole pavilion was filled with the aroma of wine.
Huang Shan saw the small emerald green hairpin still in Xu Huaigu's hair and said, "Now that the matter is over, what are you going to do next?"
"I don't know, I don't know."
Huang Shan took another sip of wine, smacked his mouth, and thought carefully.
He asked, "How about this? How about I help you find a way to rescue Yu Qin?"
Xu Huaigu finally wavered: "What can you do?"
"How about you pay me and I help you rescue Yu Qin from the prison? It doesn't matter if you don't have money, just treat it as if you owe me first, and we'll talk about it later when you have money."
Xu Huaigu glanced at Huang Shan strangely and asked, "What state are you in?"
"Four Realms."
Xu Huaigu smiled bitterly: "With one of us in the second realm and the other in the fourth realm, we are going to break into the prison of Xingqing City? Do you think others think that our realm is too low and they are too lazy to kill us?"
Huang Shan suddenly became angry, slapped the table with the wine pot, and said, "Then what do you want! Either go ahead and rescue Yu Qin without hesitation, or cheer up, listen to Yu Qin's words, and go north tomorrow. Don't look like a waste here." Just as embarrassing!"
Xu Huaigu was silent.
He raised his head and looked at Huang Shan quietly: "I'm very happy that you are willing to help me save Yu Qin, but there is no need to die."
It was deathly silent, with only the sound of rain getting louder and louder between the sky and the earth, and a few thunders flashed across the sky.
Huang Shan fiercely took a sip of wine, as if he felt it was not enough, and wanted to take another sip, but the wine bottle did not fall to his lips.
He and Xu Huaigu looked outside the pavilion together.
A gust of fragrant wind came over, and the smell of powder covered up the aroma of wine.
A graceful woman turned over and slipped into the pavilion from nowhere in the night sky.
The visitor carried a half-person-high pipa on his back, wore a long red dress, had beautiful long eyebrows, red lips, and a pair of beautiful red and phoenix eyes. He was the one playing the pipa in Longfeng Tower. woman.
He was also the swordsman who assassinated the official today.
She stood against the wind and rain, her bright red long sleeves fluttering in the wind, and a white tie tied up her black hair, showing a good temperament.
Xu Huaigu glanced at the woman and said coldly: "You still have the nerve to come in front of me? Do you want to fight?"
Huang Shan complained in his heart.
Xu Huaigu, you can't talk to this woman like this. If she wants to kill someone, he and Xu Huaigu together can't kill this woman with enough swords. What should I do if this offends her?
But fortunately, he didn't see the sword on the Pipa woman, so she probably wasn't here to kill anyone.
The woman's answer was equally indifferent: "I'm here to save Yu Qin, do you want to come with me?"
Xu Huaigu sneered and said, "What are you going to do to save her? You are the one who brought her into this matter, and now you say such things hypocritically, don't you feel disgusted? Since you are here to hide and kill people in Xingqing, why do you want to get close to Yu Qin!" "
"I received a temporary mission to kill the official, but I didn't expect that Yu Qin would be involved. It was indeed my fault for not thinking carefully about this matter, and I admit my mistake. But Yu Qin and I have known each other as sisters. As long as I am alive, she cannot If she dies, I will naturally save her. If you want to be with me, then do so. If you don’t want me to go alone, then.”
Xu Huaigu looked coldly: "How can I trust you?"
"If you believe it, then believe it. If you don't believe it, don't believe it. I only want your answer, nothing else."
Xu Huaigu asked again: "Then how sure are you?"
"Twenty percent is already a very optimistic estimate. Do you dare to come?"
Xu Huaigu said without hesitation: "Come!"
She turned to look at Huang Shan. Huang Shan suddenly panicked, and then he stood up with great pride: "Of course! As a wild cultivator who is the most righteous in the world, if a friend is in trouble, even if it is not because of me, , how can I not help?”
The Pipa woman smiled, grabbed the bottle of wine that Huang Shan put on the table, raised her head and took a big sip, and exclaimed: "This wine is a bit interesting, is it the drunkenness of immortals?"
Huang Shan replied distressedly, "Exactly", and hurriedly tried to take the valuable pot of immortal drunkenness from the woman's hand, but the woman pretended not to see it and took another big sip. The root of the tooth becomes itchy due to yellow skin.
Xu Huaigu still had doubts in his heart, so he asked the woman: "Why did I feel the sword intent surge when I saw you for the first time that day?"
The woman was surprised for a moment, and then she laughed: "You don't know? It seems you are still in the dark? Let me ask you, do you know how high your swordsmanship talent is?"
Xu Huaigu shook his head and said, "I don't know."
The woman thought thoughtfully: "It seems right. It seems that only the Fuyao Sect in the north of East Fuyao Continent has an ancient sword for testing swordsmanship talent. It's natural that you don't know, so naturally you don't know your own talent."
Xu Huaigu frowned: "You haven't answered my question yet."
The woman deliberately let it slip: "You are still at the peak of the second realm. It is useless for me to tell you this now. You will naturally know it when you reach the third realm."
Xu Huaigu was confused. This woman obviously knew the secret about herself, but what exactly could she know only when she was in the third realm?
The woman continued: "It's time to save people. Let's start planning now. I'll prepare the things I need."
She acted very resolutely and turned around to leave. Suddenly she seemed to remember something and turned around again and said: "By the way, I forgot to introduce you. My name is Zuoqiu Xun. My surname is Zuoqiu. Realm Sword Cultivator."
Huang Shan hurriedly chatted: "It turns out to be Zuoqiu Sword Immortal. What a coincidence. My surname is Huang, and I also have the same name..."
Before Huang Shan finished speaking, Zuo Qiuxun had already turned over and entered the darkness again and disappeared. Huang Shan was left alone, not knowing whether to continue speaking, which was very embarrassing.
After all, Huang Shan still didn't finish his words. He picked up the bottle of wine that Zuo Qiuxun took two sips from, weighed it, and his heart suddenly sank.
He carefully opened the lid of the pot and saw that the wine had reached the bottom.
Huang Shan felt distressed and couldn't help but blame: "Who is this? She drank my wine and didn't even listen to my words. I wasted my words to call her Sword Fairy."
A gust of fragrant wind is coming again.
Huang Shan quickly put on a smile and said, "I didn't think well. I shouldn't call him Sword Immortal. I should call him Great Sword Immortal."
Only then did Zuo Qiuxun leave again.
Huang Shan's smiling face immediately turned into a bitter one. He asked tentatively: "Xu Huaigu, then I will help you rescue Yu Qin. Is there any reward as promised?"
Xu Huaigu looked at him with disdain and said, "Why don't you tell it in front of Zuo Qiuxun?"
Huang Shan laughed and defended: "I'm not afraid that you will be stingy. You will only be able to take out one or two beads and lose face in front of Zuoqiu Sword Immortal."
Xu Huaigu sneered twice.
He didn't know whether Ye Xiu was a moral person, but he was definitely shameless.
